thank you for your thoughts on this. I'm researching and writing a book based on the events which surrrounded the life of Silas Deane, the first ambassador to France during the pre-Rev and Revolutionary War era...I have tons of historical informat...
my pen name is Allene Joyce. My first two books are published under this name. In the future I will be using my real name of Joyce A Halvorsen as it's easier for my readers to find me. I am from Wisconsin and attended Edgewood College-Madison where I received my BS in English. I also worked for some time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library System and was a teacher and for a time worked for a newspaper. Am retired and member of Plantation Writers' Guild at Leesburg Florida
"Ghost Dancer" by Allene Joyce ISBN 978-1-4257-8723-3 A novel set in the prairie state of South Dakota two Lakota brothers take different routes in life - their aunt, the tribe's beloved Storyteller and Healer is murdered - they must resolve their differences if the crime against their tribe is to be solved. "Seasons of the Heart" by Allene Joyce ISBN 978-1-4257-8728 - beautiful poetry and picture book and gift book ideal for Christmas or birthday
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Stephen Ambrose books
and I'm working my own book about Silas Deane the first ambassador to France during the Rev War. His life reads like a James Bond mystery - so there is definately a story in his life to be retold